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Paperback. The remarkable stories of Scottish women throughout history.. Exciting and fascinating tales about princesses, witches, peasants and revolutionaries. Not merely reproducing the biographies of famous women such as Mary, Queen of Scots, Scottish Women reveals a new and interesting perspective on the lives of Scottish women throughout history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16pp colour section. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817572
- ISBN
- 9781906817572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Paperback. This comprehensive introduction to Perth, which regained its city status in April 2012, offers an insight into the character of the place and its people, with black and white images throughout. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908373564
- ISBN
- 9781908373564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. A handbook for practical living in posthuman world - all by way of examining the imagined 1916 chess game between Tristan Tzara, the daddy of Dada, and V I Lenin, the daddy of communism. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; D; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 107 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691137780
- ISBN
- 9780691137780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.14
€ 21.99
€ 17.14
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, 88 b&w illus., 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KL; HBJK; JFC; JHBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 14. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262034050
- ISBN
- 9780262034050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.81€ 58.81
€ 61.81
€ 58.81
Paperback. This is a biography of Peter the Great. It tells his life story in 12 chapters, including two final chapters on his legacy and posthumous reputation, with the aim of providing a vivid sense of the dynamics of his life and reign. Num Pages: 285 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JD; 3JF; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300103007
- ISBN
- 9780300103007
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.20
€ 22.20
Paperback. From the first recorded encounters with the native inhabitants of the Canary Islands in 1341 to Columbus' explorations in 1492 and Cabral's discovery of Brazil in 1500, western Europeans struggled to make sense of the existence of the people they met. This book explores the social lives of the inhabitants. Num Pages: 408 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; HBJK; HBLC; RGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300158212
- ISBN
- 9780300158212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.64
€ 26.99
€ 20.64
Hardcover. Voices in Dialogue, a collection of essays which outline key issues in the cultural history of medieval women. Some provide evidence that women in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages achieved an accomplished form of literacy and became actively involved in literary networks. Others discuss women's ministry and spiritual leadership. Editor(s): Olson, Linda; Kerby-Fulton, Kathryn. Num Pages: 608 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; CFC; HBTB; HRCX4; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268037178
- ISBN
- 9780268037178
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.25
€ 52.25
Hardcover. Szpiech draws on medieval Christian, Jewish, and Muslim polemics to investigate the role of narrative in the representation of conversion. By investigating conversion not as individual experience but as expression of communal visions of history, he shows how the narratives dramatize the conflict of ideas in disputational writing. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812244717
- ISBN
- 9780812244717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.61
€ 80.61
paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DCF; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 369.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Nightboat Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984459872
- ISBN
- 9780984459872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.23
€ 17.99
€ 17.23
Paperback. Collects the foremost aticles written about Jews and the Civil War in a single accessible volume Editor(s): Sarna, Jonathan D.; Mendelsohn, Adam D. Num Pages: 445 pages, 26 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814771136
- ISBN
- 9780814771136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Jenkins, R. J. H. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Texts. Num Pages: 234 pages, 2 genealogical charts, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; 3F; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023791
- ISBN
- 9780884023791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.75
€ 26.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; HBJD; JPA; JPFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442613140
- ISBN
- 9781442613140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.96
€ 34.99
€ 31.96
Hardback. The House of Lords presented the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Published for the History of Parliament Trust. Editor(s): Paley, Ruth; Seaward, Paul. Num Pages: 416 pages, 180, 180 colour. BIC Classification: HBLL; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1266. 416 pages, 180, 180 colour. Editor(s): Paley, Ruth; Seaward, Paul. The House of Lords presented the stage on which some of the critical confrontations in English and British constitutional and political history were played out in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century. Published for the History of Parliament Trust. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: HBLL; JPQ. Dimension: 249 x 189 x 29. Weight: 1272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843835769
- ISBN
- 9781843835769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.20
€ 40.99
€ 34.20
Paperback. Presents the history of the world that condenses into its fragments radically altered visions of the significant events on the earth, and of the individuals who pass history from hand to hand in the official guidebooks. Translator(s): Fried, Mark. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781846272202
- ISBN
- 9781846272202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.45
€ 15.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. Presents an investigation into the evolution of language. This book exposes the elusive forces of creation at work in human communication. Along the way, it teaches why German maidens are neuter while German turnips are female, why we have feet not foots, and how great changes of pronunciation may result from simple laziness. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBX; CFFD; HBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780099460251
- ISBN
- 9780099460251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.14
€ 13.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Augustus Caesar, the first emperor of Rome (27 BC AD 14), brought peace and prosperity to his city after decades of savage civil war. Translator(s): Scott-Kilvert, Ian. Num Pages: 368 pages, maps, index. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140444483
- ISBN
- 9780140444483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.53
€ 17.99
€ 12.53
paperback. For the empires of Germany and Austria-Hungary the Great War - which had begun with such high hopes for a fast, dramatic outcome - rapidly degenerated as invasions of both France and Serbia ended in catastrophe. This book shows the history of the Great War and the major events from the perspective of Berlin and Vienna. Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: 1DF; 1DVH; 3JJF; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 42. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- 9780141042039
- ISBN
- 9780141042039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.87
€ 25.99
€ 17.87
Paperback. Examines the evolution of the modern Afghan state in the shadow of Britain's imperial presence in South Asia during the first half of the nineteenth century, and challenges the staid assumptions that the Afghans were little more than pawns in a larger Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry known as the 'Great Game'. Series: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1FCA; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230302372
- ISBN
- 9780230302372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.40
€ 60.40
Paperback. Powerful testimonies by Holocaust survivors Editor(s): Rubenstein, Joshua; Rubenstein, Joshua. Num Pages: 496 pages, 20 b&w illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DVUA; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 33. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222671
- ISBN
- 9780253222671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.32
€ 37.99
€ 34.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 213 color and 7 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 43. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292726611
- ISBN
- 9780292726611
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.69
€ 47.69
Hardcover. A four-volume edition of Horace Walpole's "Memoirs of the Reign of King George III". It provides Walpole's text in its entirety, unabridged and unexpurgated, with an introduction and annotation designed to help reassess the value of the memoirs as historical evidence. Series: The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence. Num Pages: 1088 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; BM; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 137. Weight in Grams: 3178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 1040
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300070149
- ISBN
- 9780300070149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 219.90€ 171.77
€ 219.90
€ 171.77
Paperback. Tells the story of Christmas - from its pre-Christian roots, through the birth of Jesus, to the holiday's spread across Europe into the Americas and beyond, and to its mind-boggling transformation through modern consumerism. This book explores the historical origins of traditions including Santa, the reindeer, gift giving, and the Christmas tree. Num Pages: 187 pages, 12 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 5HC; HBTB; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258020
- ISBN
- 9780520258020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.73
€ 24.99
€ 18.73
Paperback. Helps you discover what civil war, revolution and counter-revolution felt like from inside both camps. Num Pages: 624 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTD; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712660143
- ISBN
- 9780712660143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.49
€ 24.99
€ 18.49
Paperback. China's rise has now entered a new phase, as it seeks to translate its considerable economic heft into a larger role on the world stage, challenging American supremacy. The author shows why China may struggle to unseat the West - its ambitious designs are provoking anxiety, especially in Asia, while America's global alliances have deep roots. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JM; HBJF; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 199 x 16. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- PENGUIN BOOKS
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718194628
- ISBN
- 9780718194628
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.89
€ 21.99
€ 16.89